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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

Strategy and strategic planning are the vital activities that enable all managers to anticipate major change in the structure and potential of their business. To achieve these executives must take into account how to use all available resources in order to chart a course that will enable an organisation to develop strongly and deliver outstanding financial and other results, often in rapidly changing business conditions. This programme enables you to make a major contribution to creating tomorrow is out of today’s organisation.

Programme Objective

Participant will be able to:

1. Develop and follow a strategic roadmap through a clear vision & statement of strategic intent
2. Identify the competencies and capabilities of strategically agile and effective organizations
3. Effectively prepare, motivate, and guide organization, unit, or team towards the vision
4. Design a strategic planning process for your organization
5. Improved approach to planning at strategic and operational levels

Programme Modules

1. Introduction to Strategy
2. Leading-edge Thinking in Strategic Analysis and Planning
3. Putting a Strategic Plan Together: The 5-Page Framework
4. Best practice in implementing Strategic Programmes and Projects
5. Effective Execution – Converting Strategic Analysis and Planning into Action
6. Strategic Implementation
7. Strategic Thinking: External and Internal Analysis
8. Global Strategy, Team Building and the Management of Internal Communication
9. Creating Tomorrow’s Organisation out of Today’s Organisation
10. The Complete Strategy Process

Programme Outcomes

At the end of the programme participants will be able to:

1. Leverage the value of strategy and strategic planning
2. Analyze options and make robust choices in setting goals and objectives
3. Develop and apply better decision-making tools and time/resource allocation
4. Create, execute, and maintain an effective programme
5. Evaluate choices faced by an organisation in planning for the future

Target Participants

Current and potential strategic leaders; first line managers at all levels in medium to large organizations including Directors and Senior Managers, Head of divisions, Team Leaders, HR and Corporate Managers, Executive Directors and Heads of Departments and Units.